Auxiliary window for closed types of motor vehicles



June 26, 1928. v I 1,675,107

H. KAPLAN AUXILIARY WINDOW FOR CLOSED TYPES OF MOTOR VEHICLES Filed Au 20, 1927 Fig.1. 2

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INVENTOR 7?. 74 ,4

ATTO R N EY Patented June 26 1928.

HYMAN KAPLAN, 01" NEW YORK, N. Y.

AUXILIARY WINDOW FOR CLOSED TYPES OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

Applicationfiledlugust 20, 1927. Serial No. 214,311.

The present invention relates to improvements in closed types of motor vehicles, and more particularly to an auxiliary window therefor. p

The doors of closed type of motor vehicles, such as coupes, sedans, limousines or the like,

are usually each provided with an openingwhich serves as a window. This opening 15 usually closed by a window pane, which is adapted to slide downwardly into a pocket formed .in the lower portionof the door.

The window pane in the door on the left side of the drivers seat is'usually kept in its open position, so as to permit the driver to signal with his hand to following vehicles the direction in which he intends to turn or the fact that hemay slow down or stop the vehicle altogether. In rainy or cold weather it is desirable to slide the window pane to its upper, closing position, but this is almost impossible because it interferes with the drivers signaling operations. It is for this reason that, even in rainy or cold weather, the said window pane is always kept in its lower position.

The main purpose ofthe present invention is to provide an auxiliary window for motor vehicles, which is, adapted to be-kept in its closed position and yet will not interfere with giving signals to the vehicles following the vehicle to which the said auxiliary window is applied. c

Another object of the invention isto pro vide a device of the character specified, which is simple in construction, durable in use and which may be readily mounted on closed vehicles of all types. Y

lVith these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the

same consists .in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter by a lower rail 18.

described, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many,

changes may be made in the size and propor tion of the several parts and detailsof con st-ruction within thescope of the appended} claims, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages ofthe invention. g y

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the front portion of a motor vehicle having a closed body and showing the improved auxiliary window applied to that front door thereof whieh is to the left of the drivers seat;

Fig. a section taken on line 2-2 of F g. .1; Fig. 31s a similar section taken through the lower portion of the auxiliary window,on a larger scale; and Fig. dis a similar section taken through the upper portion of the auxiliary window, on a larger scale. y y

In the drawings, the numeral 110 indicates the front portion of theclosed body of a motor vehicle, and 11 that front door which is to the left of the drivers seat. I This door is provided in its upper portion with an opening 12, which serves as a window. \Vith thisopening co-operates a window pane 13, which is adapted to slide downwardly into a pocket 1e, formed in the lower portion of.

the door.: When the window pane is in its lowermost position, it is wholly disposed below the window opening.

Into the window opening isadapted to be fitted on auxiliary window, when the w1ndow pane 13 isin its lowermost positio-m,

This auxiliary window comprises a frame 15, fitting snugly into the window opening and hold therelnin a manner hereinafter to be descrlbed. The frame comprises twostiles 16, connected by an upper rail 17 and V I y The lower rail is made 111 the form of a'caslng of a construction and for a purpose hereinafter to be specified. The casing-like structure 18 rests upon the lower-horizontal edge of the window opening, extending throughout the width of the window opening, as clearly shown in Fig. l ofthe drawings. may be held withinthe window opening in anysuitable manner. In the caseiillustrated .itds provided.withlixed clips 19, adapted to bear against the inner face of the door 11 and heldin such positions by screw-bolts 20, extending through the said clips into the [frame of the door 11.

Tothe'rail 17 ishinged at 21 awindow sash 22, provided with a window pane 28. This window sash is adapted to be swung outwards into the position shown in dotted linesin Fig. 2 of the drawings and may be The frame now described held in such position by one or more braces 24, which areadapted to fold against the window pa11e;23 when the latter is in its closing position, shown in full lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings. When in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawrain.

ings, it allows of ventilation of the interior of the closed body of the motor vehicle. The sash 22 may be held in its closing position by any suitable means, not shown. a

The casing-like structure 18 comprises in aligl'iinont with vertical slots 30 in the ends 25 of the casingelike structure. These slots are so arranged that they permit the window pane 13 to be raised unt l lts upper horizontal edge abuts agami't the inner face of the top 26 of said casing-like structure.

The sides of the casing-like structure are missing, so that when the window pane 13 is in itslowermost position, in which its upper edge is below the bottom 27 of the casing-like structure, the driver of the car may thrust his hand through the casingdikc structure for the purpose of giving signals to the following vehicles or to pedestrians.

VVithinthe casing-like structure 18 is dis posed a plurality of curtains 31,each curtain consisting of two layers of sheet material, said layers being designated by the numerals 32 and 33. Each layer consists of a plurality of strips 34, arranged side by side and attached at their upper ends to a rail35, which is fixed to the inner face of the top 26 of the casing-like structure. The lower edges of the said strips bear against a rail 36, which is fixed to the inner face of the bottom 27 of the casing-like structure,

and the said lower ends are weighted, as shown at 37, so as to keep them always against the rail 36. The strips of the layer 32 overlap thestrips of the layer 33, so as to shut out the cold or rain when the window pairs 13 is in its lowermost position. The curtains may be made of any suitable fabric, preferablyrubber or rubberized fabric. to withstand exposure to rain and snow.

The operation of this device is as follows: \Vhen the auxiliary Window is mounted upon the vehicle door, the curtains 31 shut out the cold and rain, the sash 22 being normally held in its closing position, shown in full lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings. When the car is rolling along in open country, where there is not much signaling to be done, the

window pane 13 may be raisedinto the position shown inFigs. 2 and 3 of the drawings,

downwards. so that it will shed in which its upper horizontal edge bears against the inner face of the top 26 of the casing-like structure 18. In traflic, however, the window ane 13 is lowered, thereby permitting the criver to thrust his hand through tl1ecurtains 31 for signal purposes. lVhen thev driver withdraws his hand from the casing like structure 18, the strip elements of the curtains drop back to closing positions, shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of'the drawin means uponsaid curtain sections for causing the latter to drop to closing positions as thohand is being withdrawn from said caslng-llke structure, shid casing-like structure cmnprising two ends connected by atop and a bottom, said bottom resting upon the upper edge of said window opening andbeing provided with a slot extending throughout its width in alignment with vertical slots in said ends, all of said slots being in align ment with said pane and of a size to permit the latter to be'raised to bring its upper horizontal edge into abutment with the inner face of said top, thereby elosingsaid casing-like structure. i

2. The combination with a motor vehicle door having a window opening, of a pane slidable in said door and adapted to close said openingya frame adapted to be fitted into said window opening when said pane is in it; lowermost position, said frame including a casing-like structure having open sides, a pluralityofcurtains in said casinglike structureclosing the latter, each curtain being made of a plurality of sectionsto permit a hand tobe thrust through the open sides of said casing-like structure, means uponsaid curtain sections for causing the latter to drop to closing positions as the hand is being withdrawn from said casinglike structure, and a window pane hinged to said frame and disposed above said casing-like structure.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York,and State of New York, thisth day of July, A. D. 1927.

HYMAN KAPLAN. 

